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Theodor W. Adorno
Theodor W. Adorno
German Philosopher
Born: Sep 11, 1903
Died: Aug 6, 1969
Always Art He His Man Own
Related authors: Arthur Schopenhauer Friedrich Nietzsche Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel Immanuel Kant Karl Marx Martin Heidegger Meister Eckhart Oswald Spengler
If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward. Theodor W. Adorno
Time Money Time Is Money Own Others Consideration Moral Above Seems Excused Save
Work while you work, play while you play - this is a basic rule of repressive self-discipline. Theodor W. Adorno
Work You Rule Self-Discipline Repressive While Play Basic
Exuberant health is always, as such, sickness also. Theodor W. Adorno
Health Sickness Exuberant Also Always
Every work of art is an uncommitted crime. Theodor W. Adorno
Work Art Crime Every
None of the abstract concepts comes closer to fulfilled utopia than that of eternal peace. Theodor W. Adorno
Peace Abstract Concepts None Than Closer Eternal Eternal Peace Fulfilled Utopia
The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes. Theodor W. Adorno
Past Destroyed Always Itself Recent Recent Past Presents
Anti-Semitism is the rumour about the Jews. Theodor W. Adorno
Anti-Semitism Jews Rumour About
When all actions are mathematically calculated, they also take on a stupid quality. Theodor W. Adorno
Quality Stupid Take Calculated Also Mathematically Actions
Death is imposed only on creatures, not their creations, and has therefore always appeared in art in a broken form: as allegory. Theodor W. Adorno
Death Art Broken Allegory Only Always Imposed Form Creations Therefore Appeared Creatures
Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane. Theodor W. Adorno
Art Omnipotent Be Different Only Permitted Itself Survive Different To Survive Realm Profane Right
The gods look in pleasure on penitent sinners. Theodor W. Adorno
Pleasure Look Sinners Gods
No emancipation without that of society. Theodor W. Adorno
Society Emancipation Without
Domination delegates the physical violence on which it rests to the dominated. Theodor W. Adorno
Physical Delegates Rests Dominated Domination Which Violence
But he who dies in despair has lived his whole life in vain. Theodor W. Adorno
Life Vain Despair He His Dies Who Whole Lived
Life has become the ideology of its own absence. Theodor W. Adorno
Life Ideology Become Own Absence
The poor are prevented from thinking by the discipline of others, the rich by their own. Theodor W. Adorno
Discipline Own Rich Thinking Others Poor
The individual mirrors in his individuation the preordained social laws of exploitation, however mediated. Theodor W. Adorno
Exploitation Laws Mirrors Individual However His Social Preordained
Insane sects grow with the same rhythm as big organizations. It is the rhythm of total destruction. Theodor W. Adorno
Destruction Big Insane Total Same Rhythm Organizations Grow
He who matures early lives in anticipation. Theodor W. Adorno
He Anticipation Who Lives Early
Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor W. Adorno
Truth Art Lie Magic Delivered Being
He who integrates is lost. Theodor W. Adorno
Lost He Who
Thinking no longer means anymore than checking at each moment whether one can indeed think. Theodor W. Adorno
Think Thinking Indeed Longer Checking Than Anymore Whether Means Moment Each
Intelligence is a moral category. Theodor W. Adorno
Intelligence Moral Category
In psycho-analysis nothing is true except the exaggerations. Theodor W. Adorno
Nothing Except True
In the abstract conception of universal wrong, all concrete responsibility vanishes. Theodor W. Adorno
Responsibility Vanishes Abstract Wrong Conception Concrete Universal
He who stands aloof runs the risk of believing himself better than others and misusing his critique of society as an ideology for his private interest. Theodor W. Adorno
Better Ideology Society Others Runs Critique Risk He Aloof Himself Private His Than Interest Who Stands Believing
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